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Roles and Responsibilities

The following provides a basic description of the roles and responsibilities of all those engaged
in blue skies. Further information is included in other booklets.

Beginning Principals Sponsors

Pre-
Programme

Overview ● Attend entire blue skies Sponsor
Training Day
and ● Become familiar with blue skies
Sponsor ● Commit in writing to blue skies
programme
Training
Purpose and ● Attend entire session
● Complete initial learning goals
Commitment ● Complete personal information form
● Commit in writing to blue skies
programme

Explorations ● Complete all Exploration tasks
between formal events either
individually or in Learning Squares

Ongoing ● Attend the two-day ● Attend ‘Skills for Sponsors’ Training Day
Live-in Learning ● Work with Learning Square
Programme ● Attend Learning Square ● Attend the Showcase Forum
Meetings, Cluster Connections ● Monitor, support and challenge the work
and Stimulus Series of Learning Square members
● Attend the entire Showcase ● Organize Shadowing
Forum ● Attend Learning Square Meetings,
● Complete one day Cluster Connections and Stimulus Series
Shadowing Learning ● Stay in regular contact with Learning
● Engage in Special Learning Event/s Square – be accessible
● Stay in close contact with Sponsor ● Discuss the progress of learning and its
and Learning Square members influence of leadership behaviour and
● Engage as necessary with school context
self-scheduled components ● Read Mini-Modules and
of the Programme Knowledge Spikes
● Read Mini-Modules and ● Complete Learning Square Observation
Knowledge Spikes during the blue skies programme
● Assess impact of involvement ● Assess impact of involvement on own
on own leadership behaviour leadership behaviour
● Attend Celebration ● Attend Celebration

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